Marli Davis CV
Selected Exhibitions
'METAMORPHOSE' - Quest Art School+ Gallery, Solo Show,Midland, ON, 2022
'The Next InternationalExhibition', Li Tang Gallery, Virtual Exhibition, Toronto, ON, 2022
'Familiar Ghosts – Archiving Genetic Domesticity', Xpace, Solo Show, Toronto, ON, 2021
'Recast: turning the symbolic into the concrete', CGAC, Virtual Exhibition, Toronto, ON, 2021
VRTO Exhibition Space - representing OCAD University, virtual, Toronto, 2021
Phenomenon, The Holy Art Gallery, juried online exhibition, London, UK, 2021
AGO Portraits of Resilience, online exhibition, juried open call, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2021
Grad-Ex 106, OCAD U, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2021
'Warm Bodies - Ghostly Specimens - Stoic Machines', virtual thesis exhibition, Toronto ON, Canada, 2021
Scusa, Off-Campus Florence Show, Florence, Fl, Italy, 2019
Festival of the Body, OCAD U, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2018
Festival of the Body, OCAD U, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2017
Lucid Dream Collective, Artists in Wonderland, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2017
Juried Celebration of First Year, OCAD U, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2016
Awards
A.B.F.M. Magazine™ Art Studio Prize: 2021
Patricia Joy Alpert Memorial Award: 2021
Elliot Joel Bursary: 2021
OCAD U (TSA) Bursary Fund: 2020-2021
Kendra Jaal McCleskey Memorial Scholarship: 2019-2020
Aboveground Art Supplies Scholarship: 2019-2020
Ada Slaight Bursary: 2019
Project 31 Drawing & Painting Entrance Scholarship: 2016-2017
Earla Alexander Scholarship: 2016-2017
Education
Ontario College of Art and Design University (OCAD U) BFA: Drawing and Painting: 2016-2021
Florence Off-Campus Studies Program, OCAD U, Florence Campus: 2019
Father John Redmond Catholic Secondary School and Regional Arts Program: Visual Arts: 2012-2016
Relevant Work Experience
OCAD U, DRPT - Class Assistant & Curatorial Project Assistant: 2021
UFT/Hart House/Art Museum -TPZ Artists’ Assistant: 2021
John B. Aird Gallery - Curatorial/Design Intern: 2021
IATSE 873 - Scenic Department Permit: 2020/2021
OCAD U, Florence Campus - Student StudioTechnician: 2019
OCAD U, Faculty of Art - Student Monitor: 2018-2019
Michele White - Studio Assistant: 2018
Onsite Gallery - Exhibition Monitor: 2018
Power Plant - Volunteer Gallery Monitor: 2018
Arts Express, Paint Cabin, Paint & Pixels - Art Teacher: 2016/17/18
Publications
DRAWING ExhibitionCatalogue – John B. Aird Gallery – Curatorial/Design/Writing Publication: 2022
STILL LIFE ExhibitionCatalogue – John B. Aird Gallery – Curatorial/Design/Writing Publication: 2022
FLORALS Exhibition Catalogue – John B. Aird Gallery – Curatorial/Design/Writing Publication: 2021
Volvox Vault – Sweet Fruit Collective – Feature: 2021
Art-Connect Artists to Watch 2021 – Feature, Interview: 2021
A.B.F.M. Magazine™ – Feature, Art Award Recipient: 2021
Art Connect – Feature, Artist Spotlight: 2021
She Does The City – Feature, Interview: 2021
OCAD U, Library – Feature, Art Review: 2020
Talks
AICAD Symposium- Must Give Us Pause: Diversity + Sustainability - presenter: 2021
'Artists in Conversation' - OCAD U, Thesis Forum Discussion - presenter: 2021
Asia Global Cultural Studies Forum (AGCSF) - presenter: 2021
Residencies
Quest Art School+ Gallery – AIR– working towards a solo show in the main gallery: 2021
Xpace – SummerResidency – working towards a solo show in the project space: 2021